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Mankato Lutheran Home for the Aged, Mankato: R'ev. G. Adolph Johns,
Mankato; Dr. Wendell Swenson, St. Peter; Mr. John L. Olson, Worthington.
· Bethesda Lutheran Home for Invalids, St. Paul: Dr. Lawrence Noble, St.
Paul; Dr. Clifford Ansgar Nelson, St. Paul; Mr. Spencer Brader, St. Paul; Mr.
Gustav A. Larson, St. Paul; Mr. Nds Lover, St. Paul; Mr. Robert Utne, St. Paul;
Mrs. Helen Hedman Carlson, St. Paul; Mr. C. Hugo Johnson, Minneapolis.
Lakeshore Lutheran Home for the Aged, and Bethany Lutheran Home for
Children, Duluth: Mrs. Helmer Beck, Duluth; Mr. Carl Hall, Duluth; Mr. Louis
Blais, Duluth; Mr. Sigurd L. Lindberg, Duluth; Mr. Leslie Carlson, Duluth.
Vasa Lutheran Home for Children, Red Wing: Rev. Evald Olsenius, Red
Wing; Mr. Lloyd 0. Lindstrom, Welch.
Social Service Department: Mrs. Conrad J. Holmberg, St. Louis Park; Rev.
A. R. Grossmann, St. Paul; Mr. Edgar Naplin, Red Lake Falls.
Chaplaincy Department: Rev. Harold E. Peterson, Moose Lake.
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
The Conference, at its convention in 1957 adopted the following amendment
to the Conference constitution:
That Article XI, Section 2 of the constitution of the Lutheran Minnesota
Conference be amended as follows:
That the words "or of the Budget Committee of this Confei:ence" be deleted
and the following words be substituted therefor: "or of any standing committee
or commission of this Conference" thus making the section read as follows:
"Provided, hgwever, that no person who is ~n appointed or elected member
of any board, or of any standing committee or commission of this Conference, or
of a board of any institution under its ownership or control, shall serve more than
three terms or nine years, whichever is the lesser, in immediate succession. A
person appoint~d or elected to complete an unexpired term shall be deemed to
have served one full term if such service is for more than one year."
The Executive Board recommends that the above amendment be now adopted
on second reading. ·
The Executive Board has given careful study to the proposed district con­stitution,
as submitted by the 1957 Synod for consideration by the Conferences.
The Board has suggested several changes, and recommends adoption of the re­vised
draft, as found in a separate report. Suggested revision of the Conference
constitution is also listed in a separate report.
The Budget Committee has recommended the adoption of a constitutional
amendment to change the name of the said committee to "The Board of Finance."
The Executive Board has approved this recommendat1on. The :mggested revision
is listed in the separate report on constitutional amendments.
LUTHERAN UNITY
The Executive Board has discussed the matter of Lutheran unity and merger
negotiations now in progress. The Executive Board is of the opinion that further
attempts should be made toward a more inclusive merger than those now being
considered, and the Board therefore makes the following recommendation to the
Conference:
That the Minnesota Conference memorialize the Auglistana Church to re­quest
the Joint Commission on Lutheran Unity to bl'loaden its present merger
negotiations by a new and serious effort toward conversations with The American
Lutheran Church, now in process of formation, the Lutheran Free Church, and
the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, in the hope that the larger unity so ear­nestly
longed for by many Lutherans, might become a reality in the near future.

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Mankato Lutheran Home for the Aged, Mankato: R'ev. G. Adolph Johns,
Mankato; Dr. Wendell Swenson, St. Peter; Mr. John L. Olson, Worthington.
· Bethesda Lutheran Home for Invalids, St. Paul: Dr. Lawrence Noble, St.
Paul; Dr. Clifford Ansgar Nelson, St. Paul; Mr. Spencer Brader, St. Paul; Mr.
Gustav A. Larson, St. Paul; Mr. Nds Lover, St. Paul; Mr. Robert Utne, St. Paul;
Mrs. Helen Hedman Carlson, St. Paul; Mr. C. Hugo Johnson, Minneapolis.
Lakeshore Lutheran Home for the Aged, and Bethany Lutheran Home for
Children, Duluth: Mrs. Helmer Beck, Duluth; Mr. Carl Hall, Duluth; Mr. Louis
Blais, Duluth; Mr. Sigurd L. Lindberg, Duluth; Mr. Leslie Carlson, Duluth.
Vasa Lutheran Home for Children, Red Wing: Rev. Evald Olsenius, Red
Wing; Mr. Lloyd 0. Lindstrom, Welch.
Social Service Department: Mrs. Conrad J. Holmberg, St. Louis Park; Rev.
A. R. Grossmann, St. Paul; Mr. Edgar Naplin, Red Lake Falls.
Chaplaincy Department: Rev. Harold E. Peterson, Moose Lake.
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
The Conference, at its convention in 1957 adopted the following amendment
to the Conference constitution:
That Article XI, Section 2 of the constitution of the Lutheran Minnesota
Conference be amended as follows:
That the words "or of the Budget Committee of this Confei:ence" be deleted
and the following words be substituted therefor: "or of any standing committee
or commission of this Conference" thus making the section read as follows:
"Provided, hgwever, that no person who is ~n appointed or elected member
of any board, or of any standing committee or commission of this Conference, or
of a board of any institution under its ownership or control, shall serve more than
three terms or nine years, whichever is the lesser, in immediate succession. A
person appoint~d or elected to complete an unexpired term shall be deemed to
have served one full term if such service is for more than one year."
The Executive Board recommends that the above amendment be now adopted
on second reading. ·
The Executive Board has given careful study to the proposed district con­stitution,
as submitted by the 1957 Synod for consideration by the Conferences.
The Board has suggested several changes, and recommends adoption of the re­vised
draft, as found in a separate report. Suggested revision of the Conference
constitution is also listed in a separate report.
The Budget Committee has recommended the adoption of a constitutional
amendment to change the name of the said committee to "The Board of Finance."
The Executive Board has approved this recommendat1on. The :mggested revision
is listed in the separate report on constitutional amendments.
LUTHERAN UNITY
The Executive Board has discussed the matter of Lutheran unity and merger
negotiations now in progress. The Executive Board is of the opinion that further
attempts should be made toward a more inclusive merger than those now being
considered, and the Board therefore makes the following recommendation to the
Conference:
That the Minnesota Conference memorialize the Auglistana Church to re­quest
the Joint Commission on Lutheran Unity to bl'loaden its present merger
negotiations by a new and serious effort toward conversations with The American
Lutheran Church, now in process of formation, the Lutheran Free Church, and
the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, in the hope that the larger unity so ear­nestly
longed for by many Lutherans, might become a reality in the near future.